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Decision time 14th July 2021 Feature One of Europe’s most hotly contested fighter competitions has proceeded to the Best and Final Offer stage, with Finland having to balance cost, capability and local industry ahead of a decision by the end of 2021. Richard Thomas explores the programme and its participants Finland is looking to begin replacing its F/A-18 C/D fighter fleet before the middle of the decade, with a decision as to which aircraft will replace it due before the end of the year US DoD With the final entries included for Finland’s landmark HX Fighter Programme – which ...

Finland Seeks Best and Final Offer for HX Fighter Jets with April Deadline Our Bureau 4670 Finnish Air Force HX Fighter Procurement The Finnish Defence Forces Logistics Command sent the Request for Best and Final Offer (BFO) for the HX Fighter Programme today to replace its ageing F-18 Hornet aircraft. The Request for BFO concerns the following multi-role fighters and their related systems and weapons: Boeing F/A-18 Super Hornet (United States), Dassault Rafale (France), Eurofighter Typhoon (Great Britain), Lockheed Martin F-35 (United States) and Saab Gripen (Sweden). The deadline for fina...

HX Challenge completed successfully Press release The HX Challenge has been completed successfully. Finnish Air Force HX Fighter Programme Director, Colonel Juha-Pekka Keränen analyses the testing and evaluation event in this article. Finnish Air Force HX Fighter Programme Director, Colonel Juha-Pekka Keränen. Photo: Finnish Defence Forces. The HX Challenge was defined in the Request for Quotations (RFQ) as one out of the three opportunities for the candidates to demonstrate their capabilities and the validity of the information presented in their responses to the R...